Trial in 43-year-old Mass. slaying gets started

Trial of NH man in connection with 1969 slaying of teen in Mass. gets under way

WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — Opening statements in the trial of one of three men charged in connection with the slaying of a Massachusetts teenager more than 43 years ago are scheduled to get under way.

Michael Ferreira of Salem, N.H., is charged with murder in the September 1969 death of 15-year-old John McCabe of Tewksbury.

Prosecutors say McCabe was kidnapped after leaving a dance and assaulted by three older teens who wanted to teach him a lesson for flirting with the girlfriend of one of them. He died of asphyxiation after being bound and gagged and left in a Lowell field.

The now 58-year-old Ferreira was arrested in April 2011. He has pleaded not guilty.

Opening statements are expected Tuesday in Middlesex Superior Court, following the completion of jury selection, which started Monday.

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